Short for solid-state drive, SSD is the type of storage device that deliver fast performance for your computers or mobile devices.
Some of you might never have heard of the Zip drive. About two decades ago, it was the coolest alternative to the floppy disk in standardized modular portable storage. And today, at the What’s Next event in San Francisco, Western Digital unveiled its ambition to repeat the same idea at …
At the current retail price of just $130 for the 1TB capacity, the new Silicon Power XS70 solid-state drive (SSD) continues the affordability trend found in the recent PCIe Gen 4 NVMe drive, including the recently released WD Black SN770. (The drive will also be available in 2TB and 4TB …
The WD Black SN850 is not new, Western Digital first unveiled in late 2020, and it became available in early 2021 in naked and heatsink versions—of which Samsung made a rivaling version of 980 Pro in late 2021. The point is, for different reasons, I failed to review on time. It …
If you’re looking for a relatively affordable way to upgrade your latest gaming rig, the new WD Black SN770—first announced on February 2nd, 2022—is an excellent deal. The internal drive proved to be one of the fastest PCIe drives in my testing—I used the 1TB version, which shares the same performance …
The WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD, first announced on October 4, brings both the price and performance of NVMe SSDs to a new low. Indeed, the new drive’s performance reminds me of the Crucial P1—it’s more of a sprinter than a marathoner. On top of that, without the support for …
If you’ve been thinking of getting the Samsung 980 PRO, one of the first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs on the market, for your PlayStation 5 (PS5), your time is near. Samsung today announced the new model of the internal drive that comes with a heatsink. Samsung 980 PRO with HeatSink: …
The SanDisk Professional G-Drive SSD is the latest in Western Digital’s large portable family, including the previous SanDisk Extreme/PRO and WD My Passport brands. But it has some minor novelties of its own: The look and the HFS+ pre-configured file system—it’s ready for Time Machine backup right out of the …
